If I Never Sing Another Song

The audience treated him kindly,
but nobody shouted for more.
These days you don`t read much about him,
no star on his dressing room door.
I went backstage to see him,
no crowds to stand in my way.
He didn`t look sad.
No, he didn`t look sad,
but he had something he wanted to say…

In my high-day
young girls wrote to me.
Everybody seemed to have time to devote to me.
Everyone I saw all swore they knew me.
Once upon a song,
main attraction
couldn`t buy a seat.
The celebrity celebrities would die to meet.
I`ve had every accolade bestowed on me
and so you see…

If I never sing another song,
it shouldn`t bother me.
I`ve had my share of fame,
you know my name.
If I never sing another song
or take another bow,
I would get by, but I`m not sure how.

Always posing,
but you love it all,
Though you have to learn to act like you`re above it all.
Everything I did the world applauded.
Once upon a star,
framed citations
hang on every wall.
Got a scrapbook full of quotes I can`t recall at all.
There were times I felt the world belonged to me
and so you see…

If I never sing another song,
it shouldn`t bother me.
I`ve had my share of fame,
you know my name.

If I never sing another song
or take another bow,
life would go on, but I`m not sure how.